"I am sorry to think that you do not get a man's most effective criticism until you provoke him. Severe truth is expressed with some bitterness."

Thoreau, Henry David on criticism
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"Much misconstruction and bitterness are spared to him who thinks naturally upon what he owes to others rather than what he ought to expect from them."

Guizot, Madame on responsibility
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"Friendship is one of the sweetest joys of life. Many might have failed beneath the bitterness of their trial had they not found a friend."

Spurgeon, Charles Haddon on friends and friendship
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"Feeling without judgment is a washy draught indeed; but judgment untempered by feeling is too bitter and husky a morsel for human deglutition."

Bronte, Charlotte on feelings
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"We swallow greedily any lie that flatters us, but we sip only little by little at a truth we find bitter."

Diderot, Denis on truth
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"CYNIC: One who not only reads bitter lessons from the past, but who is prematurely disappointed with the future."

Unknown, Source on cynics and cynicism   

"Parents wonder why the streams are bitter, when they themselves have poisoned the fountain."

Locke, John on parents and parenting
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"Remorse sleeps during prosperity but awakes bitter consciousness during adversity."

Rousseau, Jean Jacques on repentance   

"Sin is sweet in the beginning, but bitter in the end."

Talmud, The on sin
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"Strong and bitter words indicate a weak cause."

Hugo, Victor on argument
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"The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet."

Aristotle on education
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"Courage is doing what you're afraid to do. There can be no courage unless you're scared."

Rickenbacker, Edward Vernon on courage
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"People need hard times and oppression to develop psychic muscles."

Dune, Frank Herbert on adversity
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"What I am looking for is a blessing not in disguise."

Collins, Kitty O'neill on adversity
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"You must take action now that will move you towards your goals. Develop a sense of urgency in your life."

Brown, Les on action
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